Improvement in windlasses



M. BRYANT. I Improvement in Windlasses.

Patented. July 30, 1872.

gunman Wtmmi xflwwwiof MELANGTON BRYANT, OF NORTHPORT,NEW YORK.

, IMPROVEMENT m WINDLASSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,927, dated July 30,1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Winches,Windlasses, &c., invented by MELANGTON BRYANT, of Northport, in thecounty of Suffolk and State of New York.

My invention consists of the attachment of the pawl-leverfor turning thedrum of a windlass or winch to the ratchet-wheel or disk by i a kind ofyoke or frame, embracing both sides of the wheel,and confined upon it bysectional annular flanges, fitting in annular grooves in the disk, andsliding around the disks-in said grooves, for raisin g the pawl, butbinding 7 therein when the pawl is forced against the drum.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a windlass constructed accordingtomyimprovement, the section being taken on the line .00 00 of Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the drum-shaft, and B the ratchet-dis thereon. Said disk isprovided with an annular groove, 0, on each side, near the periphery.

D represents the yoke or frame, embracing said disk on both sides, andhaving a section of an annular flange, E, projecting into said groove. Fis a socketed head on said yoke, above the flanges radially, also abovethe periphery of the disk, in which the lever G is placed, either toproject to one side of the drum, or both, for being worked at one orboth ends. H is the pawl, which is pivoted to the yoke-head in theordinary way, for acting on the periphery of the disks. This yoke orframe consists, mainly, of two curved bars, representin g aboutthree-quarters of a circle, placed on the sides of the disk, andconfined upon it by the head F, pins I, and the flanges; but it may beconstructed in any approved Way.

The said yoke is practically a prolongation of the lever G, which mightbe attached to the head in a line radial to the axis of the drum; but Iprefer to attach it'iu the manner shown, because'it can, as beforestated, pass 7 through a socket in said head and project on each side ofthe drum,.for the application of power at both ends. y

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The pawl-lever, attached to the ratchet-disk of awinch or Windlass by a yoke or frame, D, having a flange, E, working inan annular groove, 0, in each side of said disk, substantially in themanner described.

' MELANOTON BRYANT.

Witnesses:

LEWIS CRAFT, H. NIcKERsoN.

